CONTENTSIntroduction PART ONE THE EARLY MASTERS: FROM SAADIA TO HALEVIChapter One R. Saadia Gaon Chapter Two R. Isaac ben Solomon Israeli Chapter Three R. Baya ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah Chapter 4 R. Solomon Ibn GabirolChapter Five R. Abraham Bar iyyaChapter Six R. Judah Halevi PART TWO MAIMONIDESChapter Seven Maimonides's Personality & OeuvreChapter Eight Maimonides's Earlier Philosophical Writings--The Introductions to the MishnahChapter Nine Maimonides' Politics, Psychology & Ethics Chapter Ten Maimonides's Theory of ProphecyChapter Eleven Foundations of Maimonides's Theology Chapter Twelve Creation and Providence in MaimonidesChapter Thirteen Summary of Maimonidean Thought PART THREE THE LATER MASTERS: CONTINUATION AND TRANSITIONChapter Fourteen The Maimonidean Controversy Chapter Fifteen Transformations in Aristotelian PhilosophyChapter Sixteen GersonidesChapter Seventeen R. asdai Crescas Chapter Eighteen R.

Joseph Albo Chapter Nineteen The Turn To Cultural ThoughtChapter Twenty From Spain to Italy.